Device for detachably supporting water-conductors.



G. G. OVERN & J. C. THORBSON. I DEVICE FOR DBTAOHABLY SUPPORTING WATER 'GONDUGTORS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23, 1914.

1,126,845. Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

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GUSTAV o. ovnnn AND JOHN o. THOnEsON, or KATHRYN, NORTH DAKOTA.

DEVICE FOR DETAQHABLY SUPPORTING WATER-CONDUCTORS.

Application filed June 23, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, GUSTAV G. OVERN and JOHN C. THOREsON, citizens of the United States, residing at Kathryn, in the county of Barnes and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful provide a device of this character so constructed that the portion thereof arranged to engage the conductor may be brought into severe frictional contact with the wall thereof to thus effectually support the conductor in position, and wherein the means employed for locking the device upon the conductor may effect such frictional engagement upon its application to operative position.

A still further objectof the invention is to provide a support of the above described character wherein a detachable reinforcing strip is employed and arranged to embrace the support at the point of its connection with the building or other object to which the support is attacheohto the end, that the support maybe rigidly and securely held in position.

With these and other objects in view, our invention will be more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically pointed out in the claims which are attached to and form a part of this application.

In the accompanying. drawings Figure' 1 is a perspective View, showing our improved support applied in operative posi-- tion,'Fig. 2 is a detail-perspective view ,of the support showin the locking plate detached therefrom, ut' in proper relative position,.. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view particularly showing; the disposition Specification 01 Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

Serial No. 846,868.

of the reinforcing strip, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the reinforcing strip.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, we have illustrated in Fig. 1 thereof our improved support applied inoperative position, and wherein the numeral 10 designates a water conductor or down-spout, which ma be' formed -of suitable sheet metal, the wall thereof being bent upon its longitudinal edges to provide the interlocking joint 11, and, if desired, being corrugated longitudinally, as shown. Y

Coming now more particularly to the subject of the present invention, our improved support includes the body portion 12, substantially of the form of a splitring, and which is preferably constructed of suitable sheet metal. Adjacent its extremities, the body portion 12 is turned outwardly to provide laterally disposed hooks or flanges 13 which are arranged obliquely to the .vertical plane'of the body portion 12, the said hooks being each inclined to converge toward each other adjacent one extremity thereof, and toward one side edge of the body portion 12.

Detachably mounted upon the body portion 12 midway the ends thereof is. a reinforcing strip 14. This strip is also preferably formed of suitable sheet metal and. is arranged to embrace the body portion 12, the body portion 15 of the reinforcing strip being preferably arranged to extend transversely of. the body portion 12 of the support upo'n the inner face thereof and being bent adjacent its extremities to provide the laterally disposed confronting hooks or flanges 16, the flanges 16 being arranged to embrace the opposite side edges of the body portion 12 to bear at their extremities against the rear face of said body portion.

Medially formed in the bodyportion 16 1 1 attached to the building or other' object the conductor may be readily inserted therein to be secured in operative position, and particular attention is directed to the fact that the reinforcing strip 14 not only serves to strengthen the joint between the screw 18 and the body portion 12 of the support,,but provides a relatively large bearing surface arranged toabsorb the strain upon the body portion 12 at the point of its connection with the screw 18, due to downward pull exerted by' the weight of the conductor 10.

Detachably connecting the extremities of the body portion 12 of the'support together is a locking member 19 which is also prefera'bly formed of suitable sheet metal and .which is bent laterally adjacent its longitudinal edges toprovide the 'inwardly turned flanges'20, which are each obliquely arranged to converge toward each other adjacent one extremity and toward one side edge of the locking member, By this construction", itwill be observed that the oppositely inclined flanges '20 of 'the locking member 19 are disposed to engage the simi larlyinclined flanges 13 of the body portion 12 of the support, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, and it will be noted that as the locking member 19 is moved to position upon the body portion 12'that the extremities thereof, will be drawn together to be brought into severe frictional engagement with the wall of the conductor 10. It will thus be seen thatthe conductor 10 may be readily positioned within or removed from the support by attaching or detaphingthe locking member 19, and at this point, it is desired j to an additional function of the-reinforcing to bring further and particular attention strip-14, in its relation to the conductor 10,

As best shown in Fig. 3 of tho drawings,

when the conductor 10 is arranged in op-.

erative position within the support, the body portion 15 of the reinforcing strip 14 is preferably disposed one of .the furrows formed by the corrugations in said conductor to contact at its side" edges against the contiguous oppositely inclined walls of the corrugations formed by the adjacent ridges of the corrugations. The said side edges of the body portion 14; of the reinforcing strip thus form shoulders arranged to contact with the adjacent inclined walls of the corrugations of the conductor 10 so disposed as to prevent any rotary turningmovement in either direction of the conductor within the support, this a very advantageousfeature of my invention since the support is thus not only adapted to hold the conductor as against vertical movement, but is also adapted to maintain the conductor perfectly rigid and stationary as avery simple and efiicient construction for the purpose set forth which may be readily applied in use and while the device is particularly eflicient when used in connection with a conductor, the wall of which is corrugated, still, the construction which we employ will be found very efficient, when used in connection with conductors, thewalls of which aresmooth or circular, since the body portion of the reinforcing strip will provide a shoulder upon the inner face of the body portion of the support, adapted to bear into the smooth wall of the conductor. However, in this connection, attention is called to the fact that where a corrugated conductor is employed, one of the ridges of the corrugations may be disposed between the confronting ends of the body portion 12 of i the support, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, so that when the locking member 19 is applied, the said extremities of the body portion will be broughttogether to engage the oppositely inclined walls upon each side of said ridge to thus effectually grip the conductor and: further prevent any rotary I turning movement thereof.

Having ters Patent is thus described our invention,- what we claim and desire to secure by Let 1. A device of the character described in- I cludinga body portion adapted to embrace a conduetorya reinforcing strip carried by the body portion and arranged to extend transversely of the inner face thereof, said reinforcing strip being bent adjacent its extremities to embrace the side edges of the body portion with the ends thereof overmeans for operatively supporting t e body portion and extending therethrough and through the reinforcing strip, and means for detachably locking the b d portion;

upon the conductor. I 2. A device of the character described ineluding a body portion, said body portion being substantially in the form of a split ring and having laterally extending out wardly turned flanges formed thereon adjacent its extremities, saidflanges converging toward one side of the body p6rtion, v

115 lapping the outer face of the body ortion,

areinforcing strip carried by the body pormemberand being aciapted to engage the tion and disposed to extend transversely of flanges of the ring.

the inner face thereof, means for operatively In testimony whereof we afiix our signasuppoi-lting ghe bodirportlilon 151d elililftendmg tures in presence of two witnesses.

5 theret roug and t 011 sai re' orcin strip, "and a locking m mber for securing the extremities of said ring together, said locking member having oppositely disposed Witnesses: flanges formed thereon, said flanges con- 01120 H. TEMTE,

1 0 verging toward one side edge of the locking JOHN P. RUNGK. 

